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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1974
CVE-2024-1974:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-1974) affecting all versions up to and including 2.4.6. The vulnerability exists in the render function and was discovered in April 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 MEDIUM (NIST) and 8.8 HIGH (Wordfence). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information stored on the affected system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 2.4.7 or later of the HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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